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In which we consider several more of the books on the 1960 longlist.

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Jul 15, 2022
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Hi, Y’all! Glad You’re Here—

As I strategized my second week of reading the 1960 National Book Award longlist, I had the unreasonably delayed realization that this longlist was, well, long. There were seventeen books featured on this year’s longlist, and so far we have only covered three of them. As I read through the books, I saw which books were in con…

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